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In talking to Luke Macfarlane, the TV, film and stage actor, about furniture making, which is just one of his passions, you also get a window into his art, and his life. Listen to him talk about how he approaches woodworking — with knowledge and respect of the right tools, attention to detail and the craftsmanship in which pieces of furniture are elegantly, naturally joined together and you get a sense how he approaches his primary profession. Over a recent dinner interview at Dish in downtown Hartford, the Canadian-born actor talked about the challenges of his new role at Hartford Stage, his run in the TV series "Brothers & Sisters," his decision to come out publicly...

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In talking to Luke Macfarlane, the TV, film and stage actor, about furniture making, which is just one of his passions, you also get a window into his art, and his life.
Listen to him talk about how he approaches woodworking — with knowledge and...

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Patrick Wilson, Ted Danson and Jean Smart are the latest cast additions to the upcoming second season of FX's hit series "Fargo."
Wilson will play the younger version of Lou Solverson, the character played by Keith Carradine in the show's first...

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In fact, it is...

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Though Robert Redford may be the very platonic ideal of a movie star -- a matinee idol from films such as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Sting," "The Way We Were," "The Electric Horseman" and "Out...

On a scorching August day in Studio City, Metro buses screech down Ventura Boulevard stamped with NBC advertisements boasting its revamped Thursday block: "NBC's New Family of Comedies." Inside Stage 21 on the CBS Radford Studios, the...

The invitation to Tuesday night's special screening of Alexander Payne's new movie, "Nebraska," came from Will Forte, whose surprise casting provides just one of the film's many unexpected pleasures.
And Forte was taking his hosting duties...

For her first stint in the director's chair, "Juno" screenwriter Diablo Cody has concocted a modern-day "Alice Through the Looking Glass," with none of the danger or wit. "Paradise" follows a home-schooled, Jesus-loving...

Fox, which once had the renegade TV network market pretty much to itself — "Married With Children" was transgressive in its time — has become semi-respectable as it grays and sprightly basic-cable channels, bound by looser rules, crowd in to...

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — If you’re curious about the big difference between Oscar night’s two main after-parties, the Governors Ball and the Vanity Fair party, consider this:
The buzzy happening at the Governors Ball, the academy’s official...

NBC renewed "The Office," "Parks and Recreation" and "Community" for the 2011-12 season on Thursday.It will be the third season for "Community," which stars Chicago native Danny Pudi, and a fourth for "Parks...

I didn’t laugh harder during all of the last TV season than when, on “Parks and Recreation,” Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari) developed his Haverfoods slang that, for example, dubs cakes “big-old cookies,” tortillas “bean blankies” and noodles “long-ass rice.”...

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